The Tribune

WEEK 5

Colts at Texans

SANNIE: The horseshoe symbolises luck and God knows I need some after falling to last place (I believe these boys are cheating) but anyway #TeamSannie.

COLTS over Texans

RENALDO: I don’t know if most Colts fans would agree with this one. Andrew Luck hurt his shoulder and no one knows how bad it is, although he has said he’s preparing to start tonight. Even his backup Matt Hasselbeck is questionable for the game. Andre Johnson lost his football powers to the All-Star Monstars from Space Mountain, this defence still can’t tackle, we still can’t find TY Hilton and until this team does what most smart teams do and puts the ball in the hands of a Dorsett, they won’t be the Colts we expect to contend for Super Bowl 50.

COLTS over Texans

Bills at Titans

SANNIE: I follow E J Manuel on Twitter and Instagram, not like in a stalking way because he is cute or anything but he posts motivational messages and stuff. Yea, that’s it. It’s for the motivation.

BILLS over Titans

RENALDO: The Cam Newton crush is justified. I get it. But the Bills backup quarterback? Really? Do you know how bad you have to be the second best black quarterback on your team? Buffalo lost a very winnable game at home against the Giants that led some people to hop off the bandwagon. That depth that the Bills had is in jeopardy now that both Karlos Williams and LaSean McCoy sidelined. So much so that even “Two Yard” Trent (Richardson) was brought in to compete for a roster spot. That means this game is completely riding on Tyrod Taylor’s shoulders, and if he fails to get it done against Tennessee, don’t be surprised if Sannie’s boy EJ Manuel gets a few more reps with the first team.

BILLS over Titans

Bears at Chiefs

RENALDO: The Chiefs have had an extra week to prepare for Jay Cutler, which seems like a good thing on the surface, but as unpredictable as Cutler has been for the Bears and their fans, it’s even worse for opposing defences. He looked a bit rusty in his return last week but still led the Bears to their first win of the season with 281 yards and two touchdowns. This week, Cutler gets Alshon Jeffery back…anything’s possible.

BEARS over Chiefs

SANNIE: Hmmmmm a Chief or a Bear? I think I will go with the Chief. Just sounds like the better pick.

CHIEFS over Bears

Rams at Packers

SANNIE: Aaron Rodgers and Clay Matthews haven’t failed me yet, so I am not going to stick with them.

PACKERS over Rams

RENALDO: Rodgers hasn’t failed anyone yet, most notably James Jones. He has a perfect passer rating through four games when targeting Jones, which has to be some sort of record.

Matthews is a work in progress at middle linebacker. That progress will need to speed up to stop Todd Gurley. For the remainder of this season, the Rams are all about putting Gurley on display and showing Los Angeles who they’ll be rooting for for the next decade.

PACKERS over Rams

Saints at Eagles

SANNIE: Sam Bradford looks crazy. If you don’t believe me please Google him. Why does he look so crazy when he smiles?

SAINTS over Eagles

RENALDO: I feel as crazy as Bradford looks for doubting Drew Brees. A week after sitting out with an injured rotator cuff, Brees came back completing 33-41 passes for 359 yards and two touchdowns . This Eagles team is soft, has no heart, lost in a demoralising thriller and their highest paid offensive weapon is complaining about his lack of use in the offensive gameplan.

SAINTS over Eagles

Browns at Ravens

SANNIE: Let’s be honest, the Browns suck, I never heard of anyone ever being a Brown fan and now I know why.

RAVENS over Browns

RENALDO: I went to college with quite a number of people from Cleveland. They claimed the Bengals. That battle of Ohio thing officially died once the Browns lost all relevance. The Browns haven’t beaten the Ravens on the road since 2007 and their 31st ranked run defence won’t help matters much this weekend.

RAVENS over Browns

Seahawks at Bengals

SANNIE: Come on Russell, you can do this, Ciara and I are depending on you.

SEAHAWKS over

Bengals

RENALDO: Meanwhile Russell is depending on his offensive line. Wilson has been running for his life anytime he drops back to pass.Wilson has been sacked 18 times, second-highest in the league behind Alex Smith’s 19. Wilson was sacked six times and fumbled twice in the 13-10 win against Detroit Monday night. He looks more uncomfortable in the pocket than he does in the locker room when his teammates play Future on a constant loop. What a time….to be alive.

BENGALS over

Seahawks

Jaguars at Buccaneers

SANNIE: Boy these teams have two ugly rosters, I mean goodness, not one shining light. I picked the Bucs for two weeks because of my brother, this week I’m going to switch it up to spread the love out a little.

JAGS OVER Bucs

RENALDO: I’m depressed that this game actually determines the best team in Florida. The Hurricanes suffered their first loss of the season, FSU can barely complete a forward pass and in general, things are trending up for the state on the football field. In games where Jameis Winston hasn’t thrown a pick six, he’s actually looked like a capable NFL quarterback and a building block the Bucs can depend on. Now if only they can get him a real coach…

BUCS over Jags

Washington’s Football

Team at Falcons

RENALDO: The biggest concern for the Falcons at this point is keeping the chemistry in the locker room alive and positive. Roddy White said to Vaughn McClure of ESPN.com. “I’m not out here just (expletive) around just to sit around to just block (expletive) people all day.” White’s a former All-Pro who had a streak of 130 straight games with a reception stopped against the Giants two weeks ago. On the season he has just six catches for 92 yards. It may be a struggle to get White going against Washington’s 10th ranked passing defence, but Matty Ice needs to nip this in the bud.

FALCONS over

Washington

SANNIE:  Real Housewives of Atlanta is coming back next month! Who is excited?! ME!

FALCONS over

Redskins

Cardinals at Lions

SANNIE: Is David Johnson a Bahamian? Serious question, he looks it and that last name. Ya’ll should check that out.

CARDS over Lions

RENALDO: It’s unfair what happened to the Lions but their problems go much deeper than that. This team doesn’t have a leader and Megatron is barely a Transformer at all at this point. Golden Tate should just calling himself Starscream, complain about touches and demand to become the number one option.

CARDS over Lions

Patriots at Cowboys

SANNIE: Tim and Giselle are not getting a divorce!! Yay, I love them!

PATS over Cowboys

RENALDO: Why? Would would Greg Hardy antagonise Tom Brady. In reference to Brady’s wife Giselle, Hardy said “Have you seen his wife? I hope she comes to the game. I hope her sister comes to the game, all her friends come to the game.” You’re a notorious woman-beater who got a slap on the wrist and missed four games and in your return….the first thing you do is talk about Tom Brady’s wife. The bad karma continues for the Cowboys and the undefeated spite-field Pats juggernaut continues to roll.

PATS over Cowboys

Broncos at Raiders

SANNIE: Seriously, for all Raider games you should just copy and paste last week’s answer- As long as Eddie Carter is a Raiders fan,  I will be a Raider hater. I will never choose them.

BRONCOS OVER Raiders

RENALDO: I actually do copy and paste that every week. As human as Peyton Manning has become, the Broncos’ defence has kept this team afloat. The Broncos will continue their stranglehold on the AFC West but it would be great to see the 39-year-old Woodson get an interception on Manning for the first time in his 18-year career.

BRONCOS over Raiders

49ers at Giants

RENALDO: This game is it for Colin Kaepernick. Niners head coach Mike Tomsula said he needs a confident starting quarterback and that he believes Kap is that guy. I don’t know how well confidence carries over into reading coverages, but despite all of Tomsula’s assurances, if Kap blows this game the Blaine Gabbert whispers may turn into screams and one of the league’s highest paid quarterbacks could find himself on the bench.

NINERS over Giants

SANNIE: Two of my favourite cities, San Fran and New York. So hard to choose, but I think I’m going to go with New York on this one.

GIANTS over NINERS

Steelers at Chargers

RENALDO: I know two Chargers fans, my boys Kiety and Derryl, and I have no idea how they do this. It’s one thing to be a Dolphin fan when I know we’re bad, but the Chargers are legitimately two different teams on a weekly basis. One week they come out flat and get blown out by the Vikings, the next Week Philip Rivers is the conference player of the week with 358 yards and three touchdowns. It’s a good thing the Steelers’ defence has been awful.

CHARGERS over Steelers

SANNIE: Oh, I didn’t realise Michael Vick was on this team. Glad to see he was able to bounce back.

STEELERS over Chargers